{"id":4795,"date":"2015-06-17T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2015-06-17T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T15:08:08","slug":"the-virtue-of-failure-designing-games-you-cant-win-for-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/17\/the-virtue-of-failure-designing-games-you-cant-win-for-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virtue of Failure &#8211; Designing Games You Can\u2019t Win for Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Thought I should upload a few of my more recent talks.<\/p>\n<p>This one is from the CNIE conference in May 2014 that I did with <a href=\"https:\/\/bathspa.academia.edu\/DanaRuggiero\" target=\"_blank\">Dana Ruggiero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"level2\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/m7RWC77BuiG9fU\" width=\"476\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[<strong>P<\/strong>] <strong>Presentation<\/strong> Ruggiero, D. &amp; Becker, K. (2014) <strong><a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/www.tru.ca\/distance\/cnie\/program.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tru.ca\/distance\/cnie\/program.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Virtue of Failure: Designing Games You Can\u2019t Win for Learning<\/a><\/strong>, CNIE 2014 Confluences: Spaces, Places &amp; Cultures for Innovative Learning, Kamloops, BC, May 13-16, 2014 <a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/www.cnie-rcie.ca\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnie-rcie.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Canadian Network for Innovation In Education (CNIE)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"secedit editbutton_section editbutton_2\">\n<form class=\"button btn_secedit\" action=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/MagicBullet\/doku.php\" method=\"post\">\n<h2 class=\"no\">Abstract<\/h2>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n<p>Just what do we learn from playing serious games?<\/p>\n<p>Especially common in games for learning is the notion that participants need to be able to win the game, but is it always necessary for the player to win in order to \u2018get\u2019 our message? In his studies of productive failure, Kapur (2008) has suggested that failure can be important to learning. Indeed, when we think back on our most memorable learning experiences we often find that these lessons are things learned through failure rather than success. Learning through failure is an effective way to help people learn how to cope with situations where there is no clear solution (Dorner, et al., 1990), and for certain kinds of messages negative messages delivered via games you can\u2019t win may be more powerful than those you can.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation explores a class of games where \u2018winning\u2019 doesn\u2019t look the way we expect it to look. Some games don\u2019t allow players to win at all, in which case the \u2018message\u2019 is effectively a cautionary tale. The authors refer to these games as \u201cgames you can\u2019t win\u201d, and they form a distinctly different approach to game design (examples include: Sweatshop, Darfur is Dying, and September 12th). This presentation will examine the philosophical background of games in education, the design of serious games, and look at both accidental and deliberately designed unwinnable games and how this relates to learning objectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4795'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4795);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4795);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4795);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Thought I should upload a few of my more recent talks. This one is from the CNIE conference in May 2014 that I did with Dana Ruggiero. [P] Presentation Ruggiero, D. &amp; Becker, K. (2014) The Virtue of Failure: Designing &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/17\/the-virtue-of-failure-designing-games-you-cant-win-for-learning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,9,12,24],"tags":[41,389,31,342,76,393],"class_list":["post-4795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-games","category-teaching-learning","tag-education","tag-educational-technology","tag-game-studies","tag-games-gaming","tag-serious-games","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1fl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6018,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/11\/07\/call-for-participation-cauce-cnie-waterloo-2016-target-education-3-0-possibilities-at-the-nexus-of-pedagogy-technology-and-access\/","url_meta":{"origin":4795,"position":0},"title":"Call for Participation: CAUCE-CNIE Waterloo 2016 | Target: Education 3.0 &#8211; Possibilities at the Nexus of Pedagogy, Technology, and Access","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Join colleagues from Canada and around the world for the annual CAUCE-CNIE conference as we explore the shifting directions for the future of education. Waterloo, in the heart of Canada\u2019s Technology Triangle, will be the place to be in 2016 to discuss how societal change, new organizational approaches, technology and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cnie-rcie.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cropped-cropped-Logo.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cnie-rcie.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cropped-cropped-Logo.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cnie-rcie.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cropped-cropped-Logo.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cnie-rcie.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cropped-cropped-Logo.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4798,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/18\/walking-the-talk-signature-pedagogies-and-metateaching-in-graduate-level-education-courses\/","url_meta":{"origin":4795,"position":1},"title":"Walking the Talk : Signature Pedagogies and Metateaching in Graduate-Level Education Courses","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another fairly recent talk, also from CNIE 2014. 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Turns out, this paper is required reading in a number of courses, both at the undergrad and the grad level. Cool. This paper takes a fresh look\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"\u00a9 K.Becker 2016 ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0212-clark-kozma3-300x124.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6029,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/11\/09\/games-you-cant-win-online-first-springer\/","url_meta":{"origin":4795,"position":3},"title":"Games You Can\u2019t Win &#8211; Online First &#8211; Springer","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Dana\u00a0Ruggiero, Katrin\u00a0Becker Abstract A common notion in games for learning is that the player must win the game. 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It is true that many faculty have connections at the UofC and a few have connections to other institutions in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4948,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/07\/09\/worth-a-read-as-learning-moves-online-trigger-warnings-must-too\/","url_meta":{"origin":4795,"position":5},"title":"Worth a Read: As learning moves online, trigger warnings must too","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As learning moves online, trigger warnings must too Dana Ruggiero, Bath Spa University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. When I was a first-year student at university, our class of 300 students watched Jodie Foster get gang raped in the film The Accused. 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